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MOTIVATE YOUR EMPLOYEES, INNOVATE YOUR ORGANIZATION Meet the new generation of smart robots

YOUR ORGANIZATION IN TRANSITIONThe world around us is changing fast: artificial intelligence,

robots working next to and with people, smart sensors

and carts that find their own way in the factory. Tomor-

row starts today and yesterday is history. Is it not strange

that we are all busy with yesterday, instead of tomorrow?

In the meantime the market needs us to keep up, and

so do your clients. There is an increasing need for the

production facilities of the future. Production batches

become smaller and variations increase. Mass production

is customized. When business models change, companies

are challenged to alter their production processes.

NEW PROFESSIONSThese changes have consequences for the workforce. In

a few years, many jobs will not exist as they do today.

Production employee at an assembly line is one of those

professions. Physically challenging work does not fit a

time where the importance of sustainable employability

increases.

That does not mean production in the Netherlands stops.

On the contrary; because of robotization production

will return to Europe. In fact, this is happening already.

Favorably, these new processes will be controlled by your

current employees.

SIDE BY SIDE WITH ROBOTSWorking with robots is not new for everyone. However,

a new generation of robots is coming, which results

in a different relationship between people and robots.

Collaborative robots, the so-called cobots, work side by

side with your employees. They take over the physically

challenging and repetitive work from your employees.

Backs and knees are saved and physical strain is reduced.

Your employees are empowered and can be employed in a

sustainable way.

Before, only technically educated employees were able

to work with robots. This does not account for the new

generation robots. These new robots are intuitive and easy

to use, without thick manuals and complicated interfaces.

Hence, even production employees without a technical

background can control these collaborative robots.

However, working with robots asks for a different way of

thinking and supervising.

MOTIVATE YOUR EMPLOYEES, INNOVATE YOUR ORGANIZATION!Meet the new generation of smart robots

MAARTEN STEINBUCH, PROFESSOR CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

“ Introduce robots to employees this way. Speed up innovation in your organization. Take that chance."

A HEALTHY WORKFORCEFor employees these changes can be threatening. It can

be about practical issues, such as: how does the machi-

ne work? What is this button for? How do I solve this

problem?. Additionally, it can be about employees being

afraid of their new tasks, even though collaborative ro-

bots mean they can work in a healthy way.

Therefore, it is important to involve your employees in the

transition process and to provide them with tools to work

with robots. Most employees do not just value training

sessions, but expect it from you as an employer.

ELLEN KROESE, CEO VNO-NCW BRABANT ZEELAND

“ It is good when entrepreneurs concentrate on the new possibilities that arise through cooperation between people and robots”

SMART ROBOTS, SMARTER PEOPLEThe Robotacadamy helps to prepare you and your

employees for every phase of this new cooperation. In

training sessions and workshop we provide you with the

needed knowledge to comfort your employees and we

help to get them acquainted with their new digital collea-

gues.

Preparation for the future happens step by step. First, we

provide you with the benefits of working with robots in

an inspiration session or introductory training. Then, we

explain how to control the robot. The training sessions are

universal for the new generation smart robots. In the trai-

ning sessions we work with cobots of Universal Robots.

This early preparation results in your employees being

devoted and enthusiastic for what the future will bring.

Your organization stays vital, and because of cobots, so

will your employees. We wish you good luck with the

transition process!

JOSJE VERBEETENCEO Robotacademie

The Robotacademy is affiliated to Holland Robotics.

TRAINING SESSIONS ROBOTACADEMYLearning to be, learning to know, learning to do!

IMPLEMENTATION ADVISE For management

TRAINING SESSION 'SMART ROBOTOPERATOR PALLETIZING AND/OR PACKAGING'For production employees/operators, stackers and packers

INSPIRATION SESSION For production employees/operators, management and HRM

TON WILTHAGEN, PROFESSOR LABOR MARKET, TILBURG UNIVERSITY

“ With these training sessions you give your employees a better position in the labor market. That is real employership.”

RobotacademieNoord-BrabantTel. 06 - 53669870

www.robot-academie.nlinfo@robotacademie.nl

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